Bug#866686: libc6: The stack clash fix is insufficient, because it doesn't increase the stack guard gap for thread stacks

2017-07-05 Thread Aurelien Jarno
On 2017-06-30 23:56, Mikulas Patocka wrote: > Package: libc6 > Severity: important > Tags: upstream > > Dear Maintainer, > > *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate *** > >* What led up to the situation? > > The stack clash patch modifies the kernel so tha

Bug#866686: libc6: The stack clash fix is insufficient, because it doesn't increase the stack guard gap for thread stacks

2017-06-30 Thread Mikulas Patocka
Package: libc6 Severity: important Tags: upstream Dear Maintainer, *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate *** * What led up to the situation? The stack clash patch modifies the kernel so that there is 1MB gap below the stack. If a single function allocates